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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1986

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CENTRES HELPING TO DEVELOP RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS ACTIVELY PROMOTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRES, AND AT PRESENT THERE ARE 143 YOUTH CENTRES AND 154 CHILDREN'S CENTRES IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE DEDICATION SERVICE AND SUMMER PROGRAMME OPENING OF THE LUTHERAN SUN CHUI YOUTH CENTRE IN SHA TIN, SHE SAID YOUTH CENTRES HELPED YOUNG PEOPLE FACE THE CHALLENGES OF GROWING UP AND DEVELOP INTO MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

+THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS INTEREST GROUPS, TRAINING IN SOCIAL SKILLS, LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES GROUPS,+ MRS CHAN SAID.

THE SUN CHUI YOUTH CENTRE, WITH AN ATTACHED STUDY-READING ROOM, HAS BEEN FITTED OUT AND FURNISHED WITH AN ALLOCATION OF MORE THAN $600 000 FROM THE LOTTERIES FUND.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, THE CENTRE HAD ORGANISED A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES BASED ON THE THEME +1 LOVE SHA TIN.+

MRS CHAN PRAISED THE HONG KONG LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING SOCIAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG THROUGH A MULTI-SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTRE, THREE CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH CENTRE, TWO REHABILITATION CENTRES, FIVE CENTRES FOR THE ELDERLY, FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK.

NEW .D. CARD REMINDER FOR WOMEN BORN 1921-1925

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THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED WOMEN BORN BETWEEN 1921 AND 1925 TO APPLY FOR NEW I.D. CARDS BEFORE AUGUST 2.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UP TO JULY 17, THE EIGHT NEW 1.D. CARD ISSUE OFFICES HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 71 566 APPLICATIONS.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 29 734 MORE APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED IN THE REMAINING 11 WORKING DAYS.

+TO AVOID THE LAST-MINUTE RUSH, WOMEN IN THIS TARGET GROUP SHOULD COME EARLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

/APPLICANTS